BOTCHED ROLLOUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S HEALTH INSURANCE WEBSITE. SINCE ITS LAUNCH OCTOBER 1ST, THE SITE HAS FACED CRIPPLING PROBLEMS... BUT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION INSISTS INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM IS HIGH NONE THE LESS - RELEASING SOME NEW NUMBERS. TARA MERGENER IS LIVE IN WASHINGTON AND TARA DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO SIGN UP? 700-thousand applications... over 1.6 million calls... those are the latest numbers from the administration. but by all accounts the website is still flawed. lawmakers want to know who why. TEMPERS ARE HOT ON CAPITOL HILL .... Rep. Tim Murphy/ Pennsylvania "500-million later we find the American public have been dumped with the ultimate cash for clunkers." ...AS DEVELOPERS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S TROUBLED "HEALTHCARE.GOV" -- FACED TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM LAWMAKERS -- IT BECAMSE CLEAR ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WAS A LACK OF TIME. Rep. Fred Upton/ Michigan "Did you ever recommend to CMS that perhaps they weren't ready, they might want to delay the date?" ...A LEAD CONTRACTOR BLAMED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Cheryl Campbell/Senior Vice President, CGI Federal "It was not our position to do so." BUT AS REPUBLICANS PRESSED ON ... DEMOCRATS ACCUSED THEM OF AN ALTERIOR MOTIVE. Rep. Frank Pallone/ New Jersey "Here we go again, another cynical effort by the Republicans to delay, defund or ultimately repeal the Affordable Care Act." MEANTIME, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS - WHO'S SET TESTIFY NEXT WEEK - INSISTS TECHS ARE WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK FIX THE SYSTEM. Kathleen Sebelius/HHS Secretary "It's a long way from perfect. We are determined to have it be perfect." another big issue revealed during the hearing was a "late decision" by the administration... that made customers sign on to the website before they could check out insurance plans. in washington, i'm tara mergener reporting. SECRETARY SEBELIUS IS EXPECTED TO TESTIFY ON OCTOBER 30-TH. FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY